How to insert [ ] brackets pair? about lispy HOT 5 CLOSED

press }

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Thanks, @bixuanzju.

@JohnGurin, it's a little weird, but if you're familiar with vi, you know how
important it is to quickly enter normal mode (ESC in vi).
Here [, ] and C-3 perform the function of entering normal mode.

The cost is just a small inconvenience for entering []. But since
you already enter {} with a shift key plus [, it's not to
different to enter the other pair shifted as well.

If you want to customize some bindings, look at lispy-setup-new-bindings.
It contains modifications to the default bindings that I don't like any more.
Most importantly the swap of a and h. It's possible that these corrections
will become defaults in a future release.

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I'm just getting used to structural editing. So the question about brackets seems silly. Bindings is a matter of taste, and default bindings of current version are fine with me.
In my configuration I added "wrap sexp" binding to resemble paredit's wrap

(defun custom-lispy-wrap ()
    (interactive)
    (call-interactively 'lispy-mark-list)
    (call-interactively 'lispy-parens)
)
(add-hook 'lispy-mode-hook
      (lambda ()
        (local-set-key (kbd "M-(") 'custom-lispy-wrap))) 

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Actually lispy-pair will wrap sexp when called with a digit argument,
e.g. 2 ( or C-u (.

Also, lispy-mark-list only works in special currently, so it makes sense
to bind the command that uses it in the appropriate way:

(defun custom-lispy-wrap ()
  (interactive)
  (lispy-mark-list)
  (lispy-parens 1))

(lispy-define-key lispy-mode-map "Y" 'custom-lispy-wrap)

Or add a backup plan in case the point isn't special:

(defun custom-lispy-wrap ()
  (interactive)
  (unless (or (looking-at lispy-left)
              (looking-back lispy-right)
              (region-active-p))
    (lispy-backward 1))
  (lispy-mark-list)
  (lispy-parens 1))

(local-set-key (kbd "M-(") 'custom-lispy-wrap)

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Sometimes users get confused about how to insert single [. I have answered this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPWUYT6kYLQ

tldr; C-q, which is bound to quoted-insert

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